A militia marches on Battery Park in the 1920s

In this vintage postcard of lower Manhattan, some uniformed New York state militia members attract a curious crowd.

The back of the card mentions that “state militia marching in Battery Park in accordance with the ‘mobilization orders’ that were issued.”

The card is stamped 1928, and it wasn’t printed much earlier than that. The Standard Oil building, the tall structure behind the Custom House, was completed that year.

Tags: Battery Park old photo, Lower Manhattan 1920s, militia in New York City, New York in the 1920s, New York Skyline 1920s, Standard Oil Building NYC, vintage postcards NYC

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One Response to “A militia marches on Battery Park in the 1920s”

Decayed shells of two lovely Bronx train stations | Ephemeral New York Says:
February 12, 2018 at 6:33 am | Reply
[…] the name of the architect behind it: Cass Gilbert, better known for the Woolworth Building and the Custom House at the foot of Broadway, among other architectural […]

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